For the hearing-impaired, cochlear implants can be absolutely life-changing. But few of us actually know what it sounds like to slip on one of those tiny wearable devices and hear words, voices and ...

Medical technology company MED-EL announced Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved expanding the use ...

Cochlear implants don't magically restore hearing. They are small electronic devices with a microphone, transmitter and speech processor that can give people who cannot hear a "useful representation ...

Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a ...

But, Hearing loss is so severe, it is now viewed as public health issue, with some 66,000 people losing their hearing every year. Some simply wake up no longer being able to hear, for no apparent ...

The Nucleus 8 Sound Processor is the world's first cochlear implant sound processor ready for Bluetooth LE Audio technology Experience the full interactive ...

Cochlear implants help improve hearing for individuals with profound hearing loss. Medicare covers cochlear implants for individuals who meet eligibility requirements. Cochlear implants help people ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A 10-year-old boy from Louisville is making history. DuJuan Broadus Jr., who has struggled with hearing loss, becomes the first in the country to get a new kind of cochlear ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The stigma surrounding aging and hearing loss presents a challenge for some. "'I'm wearing hearing aids or I'm wearing a cochlear implant: it means that I'm old'. So a lot of ...

NIRIT, Israel, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Sound Ltd., a cochlear implant innovator, announces publication of a U.S. Patent for a "Hidden Cochlear Implant System with an In-Canal Wireless ...